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The Frenchman,s Hyper.ensttivones,,


The extreme sensitiveness of the French
character was amusingly illustrated as
recollect some years ago in the Pir@us of
Athens, where vast namber Of ships of
war of all nationalities were assembled,
awaiting events after the flight of King
Ohio and the coming Of the present mon
arch, who was then Prince George Of Dem
mark. Amongst the English squadron
was line Of battle ship named Con-
queror, which had for figure head a lion
trampling on q rooster. The ships were
very close together in the Pir@us, which
Is small harbor, and it happened that
the Conqueror was moored next to the
flagship of the French admiral, and that
regularly every day that officer was per-
force compelled to see the Conqucror fig
ure head right outside his stern galley.
The contemplation became so annoying to
him that he actually wrote to the English
admiral, and requested that the objec-
tionable. figure head might be removed.
OF course, this could not very well be
done; but In order to smoothe matters the
Conqueror was ordered away to the ISL
sands Of the archipelago, and on her re-
turn, some weeks later, was, much to
the disgust of her officers, made to anchor
in Salamis bay, about six miles from the
city, so as to be out Of the way of exhibit
ing her aggravatipg figure head to the
hypersensitive Frenchmen. New York
Tr1lth
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4 Clear Statement.

Aberdeen News: The News has en-
deavoFed TO refrain from saying any
thing which might timpugnt the motives
OF any individual who is opposed to
local option. 1t believes that there are
men who are honest in their oppose
ticn. Ii believes that some men prefer
high license because they believe liquor
Will be sold and that. the revenue de.
rived therefrom might just as we'll be
had Tor the county. AS for the News,
1t believes that a prohibition law can
he enforced just the same as other laws
are-if backed by pnblic opinion,
which will be the case if the law is
adopted. 1t believes that others oppose
1t because they fear it will hurt the
eity-tliis is simply difference of
ooplnion and one which must stand OF
1ali Under the fires of argument. Others
nave personal interests which are at
iected and they are justified i'll pro-
tectlng them. AS for the saloon nen--
tile liquor dealers--the News has not
one word to say against them. lt is
Their business that the News dislikes
lhey are expected to do all in their
power to make their business popular
and legal. They prefer to make afight
rather than go out of the business
This is undoubtedly their object and II
dolng SO they do no more than would
any other Individual. but the interests
OF many others do not center in tlt
saloons. In fact they are antagonized
by the saloons-hence the conflict.
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AAA11 .'s facts OF coat, vest
and pantaloons; but the conventional method
was to strike sort Of compromise and either
represent our great men in half Roman
drapery or with cloak so conventonally
folded as to hide half the form and make
sort Of back ground relief. But it was not
success. The irreverent laughed it out Of
fashion, and soon after the war tho bold, bald
modern type of dress was scnlptured, each
successive attempt exciting more and more
amusement, until satire reached climax
over Winnie Ream's Lincoln.
The friends Of Mr.. st. Gaudens claim that
he has overcome all difficulties. Thereafter
has our permission to glance at the cut Of the
statue and form his own opinion. He GER
tainly has not attempted to disguise the
native ruggedness Of Lincoln's features; on
the contrary, he seems to have given it a sort
of fascination. He represents him as an ora
tor, just risen from his chair, Which is shown
behind him, and waiting for the audience TO
become quiet before beginning his speech.
The attitude is that always assumed by Lin
coin at tho beginning hand behind him,
the other grasping the lapel Of his coat, the
left foot advanced and the weight of his body
resting chiefly on the right At the start
| little later, when he warmed with the subject.
and his great soul began to glow in his eyes,
it was decided advantage Attitudes were
forgotten, grace seemed q matter Of no con-
sequences, for the great man then appeared as
the very incarnation Of rugged grandeur. As
| for the rest, the statue tells ita 1t shows
! tho force, the rugged greatness of tho body
which held the master mind Of this age.
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Power of a Kind Voice.

There is no power Of love SO hard to get
and keep as kind voice. A kind hand is
deaf and dumb. 1t may be roughin flesh
and blood, yet do the work of soft heart
and do it with a soft touch. But there is
no one thing that love so much needs as
sweet voice to tell what it means and
feels; and it is hard to get and keep it in
the right tone. One must start in youth
and be on the watch night and day, at
work and play, to get and keep voice
that shall speak at all times the thoughts
Of a kind heart. It is often in youth that
one gets a voice or tone that is sharp,
and sticks to him through life, and stirs
up i'll will and grief, md falls like drop
of gall on the sweet joys of home. Watch
it day by day as pearl of great price, for
twill be worth more to you in days to
come than the best pearl hid in the sea.
A kind voice is to the heart what light is
to. the eye. It is light that sings as well
as shines. s.-Elihu Burritt 5
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Pat Donan,s Bible.

q b
rittsbirg Commercial Gazette: Col
|oncl Pat Dopan, the western orator,
WHO Says he is going to be the priest to
unite the north and south by means of
marrying off Il lot of pretty girls from
DiAie to young men in the north, has
had many narrow escapes. He saved
his life once by abstaining from a game
Of poker and reading the Bible. A few
years after tie war he was a passenger
on big Mississippi steamboat bound
to II. Louis from New Orleans. The
eolanel was asked to take hand in a
gaale of draw poker that was going on
III Tie forward part OF the cabin. 1t
was Sunday morning, and sudden
impulse seized him to read something
Instead OF playing poker. He had
nothing to read until he thought OF a
little Bible that a pretty young girl
cousin gave him in New Orleans, ex-
acting Il promise from him that he
Would sooner or later look between Its
leaves. ln order TO keep the poker
piay yegs aud the men who watched the
game from laughing at him ii they
saM ililn reading a Bible, he went tC
his STATE room, situated about the mid
die of the cabin. He had been reading
from Tie Psalms of David about ten
minutes, when a terrible explosion took
place. killing outright all the poker
plaSels aud the men in the front part
OF the cabin The COLONEL was badly
sha&en up. but he managed to save .
halt dozen ladies by fighting a lot OF
deck-hands and capturing a small boat
He took TO the water after pushing of
the title boat filled with women, ant
was picked up three miles below, near
~ frozen to death.
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LONGEVITY NOTES.
Edmund montgomery, of Georgia, lived

Edmund Montgomery, of Georgia, lived to
be 102 years of age without ever taking
dose Of medicine.
Although once wealthy, Miss Sinchy Min
derbart died ut the New Paltz poorhouse
Just after she he'd had her Tooth birthday.
L, Now Hampshire Mrs Annie Colony, of
Huntington. is SO years old; Mrs Cla,1issa
Lawrence, of Marlboro, !P, while Mrs. Daniel
Abbott, who died in Snrry, was 81.
The Oldest volunteer fireman in the United
States is said to be John De-Mier, of Allen
town, Mo, who joined Relief company No g,
Of Cincinnati, in 1925. lie is more than 50
years Of age.
The mother of Maj King, of Kingston,
Canada, is 81 years of age. At the recent
election she walked to the polls, marked her
ballot without ,sirg glasses; then walked
home and resumed her household duties.
Thereare c,l tho pension rolls the widows
of two soldiers iillthe revolutionary war, one
i'll Nortawnod =. H., 96 years of age, and
another in Washington, o., only u. The lat
ter married very Young to soldier very old.
She was lG years, while the bridegroom
was IS
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i Any torpedo boat lsng enough underfrs
to receive three rounds cay one NINTH where
. machine gun fire could stzike il nr q min.
ute and q half under snall arm ffey TO bes
considered as disabled and to retire from sthe
contest. Any such boat within tho beams Of
the electric light for fifteen seconds to be
similarly retired. Guard boats which should
fail to discover the approach;of torpedo
boat till the same was within twenty feet
were to be considered as destroyed When
her guard boats were thus put out, or the at
tacking force had successfully attacked
torpedo, the Atlanta was to be considered as
vanquished. The judges were to signal either
Of these contingencies by lights previously
arranged. The Atlanta was put ineffective
fighting trim Everything aloft was put
down except the lower yards, and oil the
rigging securely lashed a stout five inch
steel hawser was passed around sthss ship Just
high enough above water to- prevent
q hostile boat going over or under
it; on this, thirty feet apart were twenty
torpedoes, each controlled electrically and
J arranged to be fired by contact. Towing
astern was whaleboat rugged with steam
pump hose, to throw Imaginary hot water
on any attacking boat that came near enough;
and forward was somewhat different ar
rangement for the same purpose. Our cut
presents Gay view Of the Atlanta prepared
for the attack, and shows various other de-
/, fensive apparatus, such as beams, nets, etc
Thus mutually armed, the conflict began
at Z p. M, and at 8:45 the Atlanta was COM
pletely victorious-that is, the judges had
declared all the attacking boats disabled, and
that none of them could have got near enough
/ to plant torpedo And now all we need to
n,..1
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Mexican
Mustang
Liniil.lent
CUE19 -
THIS GOOD OLD STANDBY

TH!S GOOD OLD STANDBY
accn,npshes for everybody exactly what isclaimed
forit One tho reasons for the great popularity
the Mustang Linimeut 70 found inits universal
applicability. Everybody nesds such -licine.
,The Lumberman needs Il In case accident.
The Housewife needs It for generaln ally use.
The Cnnnler needs It for his teams and his men.
Tho Mechanic needs It always on his work
bench.
The Miner needs It In case Of emergency.
The Pioneer rneedsit-can'tG get along without II.
Tic Eurmer needs It In his house, his stable,S
end IT'S stock yard.
2 Steamboat man or tho Bsat0an neods;
81 beral supply a:loatand ashore. AZ
1..e IIcrsc-fnaciec needs Tit 10 his best.
friend end safest reliance. sS3 fss sessss
The Stociz.grower needs it-it viii save him;
sousnnis % doliars and o world Of trouble
v,:. .tpi.rOad d Rinn needs It and viii need Il %
.e rs ills life Is round OF accidents and dangers
.e... }Snclxsv00dsmnn needs IT. There is nottl-s
,r.Iic II as an antidote Tor the dangers to lifr
,i.ib and comfort which surround the pioneer.
TI.e Merchant needs It about his store af,ssng
ais employees. Accidents Will happen, and when
,ese come the Mustang Lniment tswanted as onca.
Is eern Eott lie in the HoHsc. 'Tis the nsssof
s.fta.ur, Il "a M
IL s.,i a :;a,sl. IN rhc Factory. Its ixpnsaS vi,
sc IL case of accident saves pain and lossof
Keep ~ Hottie Alwaysi In she Sstahls SSIIi
use when wanted. lss ist iss
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Inventive Genius in strsAhs.

one of the leading authors Of the pres.
ent day has remarked that ssgenius comes
in shoals.'' There Is q depth of truth in
the remark, says contemporary; which
must at once be patent to all who are Ia
miliar with the history of our country, and
in no field of inquiry does the fact stand
out SO prominently us in the great OUT
break of inventive genius by which our
country is distinguished. The Elizabethan
age was characterized by shoal of dra-
matists, next we have shoal Of essayists
with the amiable Addison ut their head,
and down through the years until what
Carlyle has called 'sthe mechanical age"
set in. The birthday of the manufacture
ing supremacy of England was undoubt-
edly the 9th of January, 1863, when
James Watt announced his patent 'for a
method of lessening The consumption of
steam and fuel in fire engines" This
was the source and sustaining power of
mechanical energy whose action quickly
changed the face of the world.
The inventive minds fulled in shoal,
and before half century elapsed England
was in possession of the most mechanical
appliances. Since the commencement of
the mechanical age' the aspect of tho
country has been changed. In districts
ike the BRICK COunCry, Wnere nOIn1nG
formerly appeared but rural scenery, great
manufacturing Establishments have been
erected, towns raised, and the roar of fur
naces, the noise of machinery, the buzz Of
reels, and ceaseless activity now diversity
the scene where nothing was formerly
heard but the purling steam or the howl
ing of the tempest. Not only do the
inventive minds come in shoals,
but shoals of inventors who con-
centrate their united energy on some
special branch OF mechanics or science are
every now and then springing up, and in:
vention follows invention with surprising
rapidity. These inventions are always
shifting; at one time there is run for i'm.
proved furnaces, at another improved
modes of:constructing ships; then comes 6
change to machinery, or some matter o1
great public interest, like the rivalry il
the improving of the different systems o.
electric lighting. Not only do inventions
| shift from one branch of science and me
chanics to another, but at times lul
comes over one country and great out
break of inventive genius breaks out il
another country Scientific American.
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To Prevent Collisions.

Two German inventors are credited
with having devised an arr bgement in
the shape OF an automatic electric alarm
bell calculated to prevent the collision of
two trains on,the same track. More than
this, the invention enables train in
motion to remain in telegraphic. COM
munication with the station at either end,
in about the same way as do the Phelps
and Edison telegraphs. Finally, the IN
yention admits Of the transmission Of dis
patches to passengers in the train, and
enables the roadmaster to ascertain at
any time whether the track is clear with
out being obliged to inquire of the neigh
boring stations - Chicago Herald.
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BASEBALL TALK.

Manager Mutrie says the captains Of his
ieam this season are responsible for its poor
showing
tits claimed that the st. Louis-Detroit
paid all expenses Of their great
trip in the first six games played
Fl Manager Fogel and the Indianapolis Off
ciais have great faith in young s,Sevc and
think he is one of the coming pitchers.
Detroit began and ended the championship
season with defeat, but it got in all its gootl
work between those two defeats and easily
won the pennant.
Tho Chicago combination will take Fred
Z Carroll, of tho Pittsburg club, along to CAL
ifornia this winter as one of its change catcl-
ers. Fred may also play first base.
lis pretty generally conceded that the
I'roolslyn club will have regular tear, anal-
ager next year, and that PresideEa Byrne
will turn his whols attention to tho interests
o.sthe club.
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NEW STATUE OF LINCOLN.
A Magnificent Monument Lately Unveiled
in Chicago. t[

A Magnificent Monument Lately Unveiled
in Chicago.
On the ed Of October colossal bronze
statue Of Abraham Lincoln was unveiled in
Lincoln park, Chicago, the work Of the
plastic artist st. Gaudens, pursuant to do
nation by the late Eli Bates Of s40, 200 for the
purpose. Tho location Of the staGue is peculiar
and unusual. There is vast oval of cut
stone sixty by thirty feet, the interior
fashioned to form classic bench, and the
statue stands on stone pedestal, on level
with the top of the circle, in the middle of the
side opposite the portal-the whole on q
gentle, broad swell Of ground which rises
from the Dearborn street entrance to the
park. One enters the circle by broad flight
Of steps, bounded right and left with large
balls of bronze; on the one is spray of
laurel, on the other an az to typify Lincoln's
early life. On the wall to the right as one
enters the circle is Lincoln's famous perora-
ton:
With malice towards none. with charity for all,
with frmness in the right as God gives US to know
the right, let US strive on.
On the other side is this quotation from
the Cooper Union speech of 1850:
Let US have faith that right makes might, and
In that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty
q we understand 1t.
16r G% rIor1ooo hoe bnov 1o,,r. <.,o,,,,so.1 s.,
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WHO HE Is.
An Eastern Estimate Of Commissioner
Sparks.

4 Z -4 y . lf
New York Mail and Express: Land
Commissioner Sparks is reported as in
tending to resign his office, and the an
nouncement is made at the same time
that he thinks that he. is of more im-
portance to the administration than
the administration is to him. On be-
ing shown this announcement Gen.
SIarks not only did not deny that he
was of that mind, but he announced
that he has honestly earned more than
he has got.
We do not doubt that Gen. Sparks is
an honest man and that he Intends to
do his duty by the country and the
party. The trouble is that his temper
units him for executive duty. He is
hasty, vain. ill-informed and ipjudi-
dicious. When he was member OF
congress he was one of the men who
went off half-cocked. He was promi-
nent in every scrimmage inthe house
and on one celebrated occasion he be-
gan to strip himself of his long-skirted
coat for the purpose of engaging i'll
fist fight with Greenbacker Weaver, a
political soleclsm from Iowa. In fact
he ratified about in an empty headed
way while he was a member of the leg.
islative branch of the government
never taking the floor without talking
himself into a fit Of rage enough to OBJ
scure a Websterian mind. When his
constituents declined to vote for him
any more the house of representatives
was pleased to consider itself well riC
of nuisance. Sparks was supposed tt
be definitely retired from public lift
and congressional proceedings were
more orderly and the debates more
sensible by reason of his absence from
1.-THE chamber in which he had NOR,
than once been guilty of antics tha
disgraced it.
/ 1t was with much surprise and re
)gret that persons familiar with hi
congressional record learned tina
ISparks was on his way back to Wash
Iington to fill an important executive of
lice. Ii his violent tember and IRA
tional habit of mind disturbed th
i proceedings of three hundred or NOR
legislators what would not be the re
Isult of his presence in The land office
where he. could not be suppressed
The commissioner of the land offic
j, sees great many people every day
claimants and their counsel, and tn
representatives of great corporation
! whose relations with the government
J, are very delicate. He ought to hay
Il the manners of a gentleman and tn
;, temperament of a judge. Sparks ha
neither qualification. He has the man
ners of of a brawler and the tempera
!. ment of an ungoverned, self-willet
irascihle old party. since he entere
: upon the discharge Of his duty he ha
, horne out his preciously-earned repu
5 tation. He has treated landowner
+ and corporations as enemies of th
: government, and has treated the ques
, tions entrusted to him after the fashlo
) of bravo, who has been hired to hit
: head. The head has been someWha
: protected by the Secretary of the II
i terror, who has been often called upo
( to declare Gen. Sparks law bad and hl
+ methods improper.
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Mrs. Crook a Public Benefactor.

New York sun: The wife of Gen.
Srook. the Indian fighter, is regarded
as Il public i,enefactor by the people OF
arizona. Iieanle about in this way:
sac Was travelling across the territory
W rail sHverai years ago. Herlllncies
tiaF! been provided by city caterer
&nd the !nest striking feature OF them
mere were altogether too manycressss Ss's
10 suit MI $. Crook $ taste, and accord
lIh@'y she threw them out OF The WIN,
DOW. b IT She did not dispose OF then
iiiapil,3,afd. The cot;liiry is crossed ns
haenefable brooks, and twas onislI
passing them that Mrs. Crook thre%
ont the snperhuous crosses. They took
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The Dakota Coal Fields.

A Bismarck dispatch says: Ihe
Aberdeen, Bismarck s. Northwestern
railroad is now graded into Bismarck,
and the road of which SVashburn is
president and Thomas Lowry vice.
president, has decided to continue It's
grade north to the coal fields Of Nc
Lean county, forty-fiye miles above l
bismarck. a large company has been
organized for the development OF one
Of the immense veins Of coal in that
re region. and people look forward to an
aa1iv establishment of manufacturing
enterprises. ante as this place will have
cheaper fuel than any point in the ter
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United States Court.

Yankton Press: The following is
list Of ti,a Dakotans who have beer
summoned to act IS grand Jurors a
the coming term Of the United State
court:
Daniel Collins, Dawson.
Isaiah Green, Dawson.
Wm. f. Rose, Hughes.
b. II. Hoover, Hughes.
Frank krptchlner, Hughes.
Prank .rohin, Douglas.
Jos. j. Angus, Douglas
i. A. Lamb. Brown.
S. L. Arnold. Edmunds.
George Thomas. Brule.
II. Il. Cotton. lirnle.
ID. w. Spaiding. Brule.
Paul krahn, Brule.
c. II. Gilman. Brute,
j. T.. Williams, Brute.
NJ. Reed, Brnle.
Sanford l'. Con.son. Yankton.
j. W. &. Morrison. Yankton.
Jas. G. ,McYay. Yankton.
A. W.sHoMard, Yankton.
Gee. II. Scougal. Yankton.
~ IA. NJ. Powers. Yankton.
Asel Kyes, Yankton.
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oFFENse AND DEFENSE
Torpedo Boats and tho Atlanta--Otht
Naval HIancuvers.

Torpedo Boats and tho Atlanta.-other
Naval HIancuvers.
Tho north Atlantic squadron Of the United
States navy, under the direction Of Admiral
Luce, has been making some very interesting
experiments in naval warfare at Newport, R.
I. Briefly stated, the problem to be solved
was: A vessel is lying in harbor unable
to go farther towards the land because Of
land batteries, and shut of from tho open sea
by blockade-can she defend herself against
torpedo boats or submarine miness The YES
sci selected for the test was tho Atlanta. the
new steel cruiser Of tho navy, commanded by
Captain Bunce; the attacking force consisted
of several torpedo boats under the direction
Of Commander Chester, Of tho United States
cruiser Galena, and the conditions were as
follows: